A faunistic and ecological study on Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of Sultandağları Mountains (Afyonkarahisar/Turkey) | Zendy

HUuml SEYİNOĞLU Yusuf | Zendy

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A faunistic and ecological study on Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of Sultandağları Mountains (Afyonkarahisar/Turkey)

Author(s) -

HUuml SEYİNOĞLU Yusuf

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

african journal of agricultural research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1991-637X

DOI - 10.5897/ajar12.1226

Subject(s) - lycaenidae , lepidoptera genitalia , fauna , pieridae , ecology , geography , biology , biodiversity , butterfly , zoology

In this study, the fauna of Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) from Sultandaglari Mountains, Afyonkarahisar province, in Turkey were investigated. Field collections were conducted between March and August from 1997 to 2001. Individuals were collected from 110 field surveys. The specimens belonged to 131 species in seven families, including Papilionidae (6 species), Pieridae (17), Libytheidae (1), Argynnidae (21), Satyridae (24), Lycaenidae (45), and Hesperiidae (17). Tomares nesimachus (Oberthur, 1893) was identified for the first time in Afyonkarahisar and fourteen of the 131 species were new records for the Lepidoptera fauna of Sultandaglari Mountains. Key words: Butterfly, fauna, Sultandagi, Cay, Sultandaglari, biodiversity, Turkey.

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